How to Use affiliation in a Sentence

affiliation

noun
  • To superimpose a new one that has no meaningful affiliation with the land itself leaves a different kind of sting.
    Corbin Reiff, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Both teams have affiliations with the Rangers for the next eight years.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Thanks to this affiliation, the restaurant will get a good deal on caviar.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Ben-Gvir’s affiliation with the club dates back to his teen years, and he is often seen wearing the team’s black-and-yellow scarf.
    Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • But the sheriff said many of the people killed at the property had no gang affiliation.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • At least 13 of them had no affiliation with Columbia, the school said.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 20 June 2024
  • The suspect asked the victim for his gang affiliation, brandished a gun and threatened to kill him, according to Shih.
    Jason Green, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Both Shakur and Biggie would go on to receive awards that night, and both brought entourage and security to the event, some of whom had gang affiliations, Wright said.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The same is true at Washington State, the land-grant brethren of Oregon State and the other school that, so far, is being left out in the reshuffling of the conference affiliations over the past few weeks.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Big Boy asked if the Black churches and preachers were afraid to be involved, perhaps due to gang affiliations, and Sam did not give a direct reply.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Apart from his solo music, Quan once shared a close affiliation with Thug.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Rather, all people are born with a desire to seek affiliation with the familiar.
    Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024
  • More than a half-dozen schools across the country have switched conference affiliations.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The august affiliations don’t change the fact that teaching is, at its heart, a service profession.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Today, those affiliations have been boiled down to a handful of legacy outlets, most prominently Fox News and the Times.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
  • There was no immediate word on the affiliations of the others.
    Isabel Kershner, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2023
  • But the proportion of Latinos with no religious affiliation is now up to 30% from 10%, bringing it to about the same level as that of the U.S. population as a whole.
    Francis X. Rocca, wsj.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The statement did not mention any gang affiliations of Andrews and Gathright.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
  • The top two vote-getters in March move on to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • As to who Tri-City is discussing affiliation with, that’s where everyone stops talking.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Arizona hasn’t seen a member of Congress switch their party affiliation since 1982, when then-Rep.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Even though Sir! was a prominent men’s magazine in the ‘50s, Johnson’s publication has no affiliation to it apart from buying the trademark for the name.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The three people who died were Hispanic men who had a gang affiliation and their ages ranged from approximately 15 to 20 years of age, according to Jerome.
    Chuck Johnston, CNN, 23 Oct. 2022
  • But the girl soon meets another teenage boy in St. Malo, one with a dangerous Third Reich affiliation.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The figures were then put in an Excel spreadsheet and sorted into projects by party affiliation.
    Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 5 June 2023
  • This race, among three Democrats, is open to all voters, regardless of party affiliation, because all three candidates are from the same party.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • Callers can contact the show based on party affiliation and also have a third option of calling on the Republican line.
    Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
  • This project, which has no affiliation with Mickey's Mouse Trap, sees a mouse tormenting passengers on a ferry.
    Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2024
  • President Biden’s exit from the race and swift endorsement of Harris stoked a fire in the community, where Democrats are often tight-lipped about their affiliation.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Roiland, who denied the allegations, had reportedly leveraged his affiliation with Rick and Morty and its runaway success on social media and dating apps to lure the women.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024

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